Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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8/5................................................................................................................7/28
8/5................................................................................................................7/28
As time goes on, I will link all of the sections to lengthy background essays. This will take a while. In the meantime, take a look, read the introduction, and think about all of the questions that emerge from even a quick look at the calendar.
二
日
日期星
Eighth Month, Second Day
Astral Period Sun
Saturday, August 2
Saturday, August 2
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
十歲
靈德
Generational Virtue
Ten Spirits
靈德
Generational Virtue
Ten Spirits
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉凶凶
酉己丑
中中凶
戌午寅
凶吉中
亥未卯
中吉中
凶吉中
亥未卯
中吉中
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 In-Between
The hours above are for Hong Kong. It is up to you if you want to recalibrate or to assume that the cyclicality of the calendar "covers" the rest of the world. This is a greater interpretive challenge than you might think.
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Section Four
Activities to Avoid
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
動結
土網
Binding Nets
Moving Soil
動結
土網
Binding Nets
Moving Soil
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
八
庚
虛
金
星
平
Eighteenth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
八
庚
虛
金
星
平
Eighteenth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: gengxu (47/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Asterism (25/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
平
道
塗
飾
垣
牆
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大
雨
時
行
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土債
符不
土債
符不
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Appropriate Activities
Leveling Roads
Appropriate Activities
Leveling Roads
Painting and Adorning Embankments and Walls
Great Rains Sweep Through
(the thirty-sixth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Debt Not
Earth Charm
Earth Charm
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 鬼
White, Ghost
白 鬼
White, Ghost
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
碓
栖 磨
栖 磨
Pestle
Perch, Mortar
Perch, Mortar
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